She Persisted

Lyrics

[Intro: Shaina Taub and Kater Ferber] Nevertheless [Verse: Shaina Taub] Elizabeth She took the floor Then she took a breath And read without qualms A letter Coretta Scott King wrote Strom They censored her The congressmen said: 'The Senator will take her seat.' And all through the chamber spread heat [Chorus: Shaina Taub and Kate Ferber] She was warned She was given an explanation Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless [Verse: Kate Ferber, Shaina Taub and Kate Ferber] Malala She wanted to be a scholar The Taliban banned Girls education She took a stand It caused a stir They got on the bus to silence her The gunman said: 'Who is Malala?' She bled [Chorus: Shaina Taub, Kate Ferber, Shaina Taub and Kate Ferber] She was warned She was given an explanation Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she persisted Nevertheless, she (She) [Bridge: Cherrye Davis, Shaina Taub and Kate Ferber] Yeah, Cherrye If you think you've heard this before, yes You've seen this in hashtag form, you heard it first on the Senate floor He thought he was silencing But instead he penned a hook we may be licensing Our volume he was heightening You can try to turn our track down or off, belittle or scoff But our transmittal is cyclical, generational Waves of being hushed then a crash of sound The tide of justice comes around We're gravitational (Oh) We could fill all these bars on Joan of Arc Harriet Tubman Alice Paul and Rosa Parks Sonya Sotomayor, Anita Hill, Hillary Rodham, Hermione and Leia Bessie and Nina, your mama's abuela's mama The first female president is alive at this moment In a classroom raising her hand Standing on the shoulders of a miss on this list And Nevertheless she gonna persist [Chorus: SHAINA TAUB AND KATE FERBER, Shaina Taub, Kate Ferber, Cherrye Davis, ALL THREE] NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED NEVERTHELESS (Nevertheless), SHE PERSISTED NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED NEVERTHELESS (Nevertheless), SHE PERSISTED NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED (Yeah, and they gon' try to close it down) NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED (But they can never bring us down) NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED (And they gon' try to close it down) Nevertheless, Nevertheless, NEVERTHELESS (Yeah, and they gon' try to [?]) SHE PERSISTED (But they never bring us down) NEVERTHELESS, SHE PERSISTED (Yeah, and they gon' try to bring us down, but nevertheless they can never bring us down) SHE PERSISTED (She persisted) SHE PERSISTED (She persisted) SHE PERSISTED NEVERTHELESS